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I explore the history, theory, tools and benefits of dialectical thinking, a way of thinking adults grow into to different degrees after mastering formal logic (Basseches, 1984, Laske, 2009). My goal is to show that dialectical thinking is a natural outcome of adult cognitive development and that, pragmatically speaking, it is learnable. In order to… [Read More]

This text is the English translation of my introduction to articles about CDF in the monograph entitled Contributions to an Adult Developmentally Renewed Social Science, published by Pabst Science Publisher in Zeitschrift fűr Wirtschaftspsychologie in 2010. The introduction briefly characterizes each of the individual contributions to the monograph. Download: Laske_2010_An_Evidence-Based_approach_to_Measuring_Managing_and_Supporting_Work_in_Organizations

A collection of articles [mostly in English] on the Constructive Developmental Framework (CDF) by IDM Researchers, published on April 1, 2010, in Wirtschaftspsychologie, by Pabst Science Publisher. Download: Laske_ed_2010_Work_Capability_and_Adult_Development What To Look For In A Shower HeadAn Overview Of Warm Mist HumidifierGo up the hill alone but you have to bring high sierra backpacks

Dr. Otto Laske’s Keynote Address to the International Coaching Community Congress, Lisbon, Portugal, October 2009. The keynote introduces behavioral coaches to developmental theory and thinking. The 2-hr keynote comprises exercises for the audience and puts the emphasis on the cognitive development of coaches and clients. Download presentation What To Look For In A Shower HeadAn… [Read More]

Are you still enamored by competence notions although they now just express that you haven't grasped distributed leadership requirements? Have a look at https://t.co/4wSZt4881a to get over the bad habit. @jjandevisch #idmcdf

As a developmentally schooled consultant and coach are you still on the social-emotional triumphalism train that foregoes or neglects strictly cognitive tools such as provided by Laske's DTF? If so, look at https://t.co/SuRaDRlBqi #idmcdf @jandevisch especially for team work

That's precisely the issue. And the deeper issue of collaborative intelligence are your own since you need to be self-organized yourself (i.e., developed emotionally and cognitively) to set an example. #idmcdf

Are you still following the anachronistic social sciences that are uninformed developmentally and getting tired of it? If so, have a look at https://t.co/yYb8wSrKYI to acquire a broader perspective, also for the sake of your students, #idmcdf